17th June - 24th June 09 blog....

Have not been uploading pics and writing in my blog over the past 1 week. Well, I guess, I am little held up by the activities - church, family and my job...Thanks for all of you that have been visiting my blog all this while....hmmm....well for this blog, I will be recapping on what I had done for past 1 week...I would not have lotsa pics...I am not very expressive person in words.....but I will try... : )

We had the Lam's Clan gathering at this restaurant over at Little India (Kitchener Road), named Pu Tien restaurant. Almost everybody were there left Uncle LL, as he was away for his business trip, hence, he missed the get together session that night. We had a sumptuous meal that night. Putien is located in the beautiful middle coast of Fujian, China. Putien is well known for its variety of fresh seafood choices, Putien cuisine is rich, yet simple in nature. (more about this restaurant: http://www.putien.com/).

It has been a long time that all of Lam's clan member meet up outside for a good meal. Steve, Mei, Shan & Wern are all back from overseas, hence that night meet up, was like our CNY gathering. We did not have everybody during CNY. I guess, we all had a great time, especially we all tell jokes and funny things we did when we were young to our younger siblings. Shan & Mei had shared a few "classic" one...which Trist & steve had it too. We had a good laugh that night.

17th June:

Supposed to meet up with Lee, Qing, June & Zhen for June's Birthday Celebration at PS, but I din manage to meet them up due to the last min, Family gathering. It was way too late after the dinner. Sorry gals...Anyway, the above pics are some of the food we ordered that night at Putien These few are my recommendation. Quite yummy! Except the Deep Fried pig trotters...I don't like that one.

20th June:

It is our "monthniversary"...don't know whether there is such word..ahha..Din have much celebration after 50 over months of togetherness...it was a Saturday, which is our 'house chores' day too....I was busy helping hubby to pack his things for his trip to Japan. Ironing, and lotsa ironing....I dislike ironing. We then went to get Bobby's new cage, and tray at Jurong Point too. As I planned to stay with my parents when hubby is away. Of coz Bobby needs to come along with me. We cook simple dinner, beef bacon and some sausages and of coz our sweet sweet dessert... Will show you guys more of the pics when we realised our "Dream"!!

21st June:

After church, we went to Causeway point to grab a bite. We went for Sushi at Sakae Sushi...I don't really like Sakae, but I prefer 'Sushi Tei'. As they provide fresher food and also better in their presentation. I think Sakae Sushi was our school days Jap restaurant. When I started working, my first visit to Sushi Tei at Holland V, already make me a regular customer for Jap food at their restaurant. The branch over at Vivo is also quite good. Spacious and cozy.

Hmmmmm.....It's father's day!! We did not really celebrate it. I don't know why, it seems like nobody is celebrating Father's day. As usual, kisses and hugs for my daddy...we had simple dinner together at home and we then went out for ice cream with Uncle L and his family. We went to Haato - follow your heart (http://www.haato.com.sg/).

About Them: (from www.haato.com.sg)

Haato is a unique brand of gelato manufactured in Singapore created from traditional recipes from Japan. It is one of the first gelato counters in Singapore to offer gelato that is free from artificial colouring and preservatives. Our flagship outlet (formerly known as Gelato di Crema) at Liang Court Shopping Centre has been serving gelato for more than 16 years and continues to earn rave reviews from people all over the world.Haato is perfect for any occasion. A premium quality treat to be shared with friends and loved ones.From our heart to yours.

Comments:

I like the setting of the ice cream cafe. The moment I walked in, I felt that the place is very homely, maybe it is located in a condominium, Ridgewood condo. It still remain accessible to the public. The cafe goes for simplicity but yet brings out the cosy feeling in that cafe with some sofas in the cafe itself. The shop welcome big crowds. You will notice it by the setting over at the entrance. They have quite a few squarish tables that can easily combine them to form long tables, and has lotsa chairs to accomodate big groups like us. They even have mini -"minds cafe" concept. They have a cupboard, full of games like taboo, jenga etc for people to pick up and play while they are enjoying their ice cream. This is very welcoming. The ice cream at haato is good, love the Green tea mixed with red bean flavoured. There are quite a no. of patrons coming for the take away. I believe they were the resident around the place, as I noticed there were alot of condos around. It is quite secluded (its pretty far to walk from the busstop) You really need to drive to have the ice cream there, or maybe their concept is really for the resident around the cafe?? Even though it is far, it just adds to the charm of the place. If you are up for some chill dessert or thinking of pampering yourself after a long day, this is the place for you. Well, personally, I still prefer the ice cream over at "Island Creamery".

The Ambience:

Island Creamery is located at Serene Centre, which I did not visit that place alot when I stayed in Bukit Timah years ago, This ice cream cafe is constantly visited by the young at heart and of coz physically lar...hehehe someone like me lar. I will always experience 'floods' in my every visit to the cafe with youth, youth, and more youth especially the tertiary students, mostly the Hwa Chongs. Almost every visits makes me younger. Hehehe...There is so much life and energetic people there which I dream of having this kinda crowd in my future cafe restaurant.
The things that catch my attention were also the galss serving at the ice cream counter, they are all cute and bubbly, no wonder so many guys are there for ice cream. From what I know the owner is named Uncle Stanley, He will always be busy around the shop too. I am impressed of his idea in creating ice cream with local flavoured delights!! I like the "teh tarik" and "chendol" flavour the best.

The Ice Cream Flavours:

Chendol, Horlicks, Tiger Beer, Bandung, Burnt Caramel, Black Forest, Apple Crumble, Reverse-O and Cookies & Cream are some of the usual flavours. Whenever I taste their chendol Ice cream, it reminds me of my dad treats to ice cream every weekend after our swim!! I will normally take the Chendol or the red bean Stick Ice cream. For Ice Creamery, I normally heart for the Chendol & Teh Tarik. I enjoy the Yummy experience in Ice Creamery. Uncle Stanley, thanks for creating our favourite local delights flavoured ice cream!!

22nd June:

Sent hubby off to Airport early in the morning, as he had checked in online on Saturday. He did not need to go through the hassle of queuing up to check in. PhewwW...the Q was quite long. We had breakfast together. Seal each other with a kiss before he went in to the departure hall.
Hubby and I din manage to celebrate our anniversary, as he was busy preparing himself for the trip....sob sob....well...we actually celebrated earlier, which I din blog about it....We just didn't celebrate it on the actual day. But one thing that we know for sure is that, our love grows tremendously over this 1 year. We both improved in loving each other more, especially in the areas of communication, meeting needs of each other. Hubby, I will continue to do my best to be a good wife, your best friend, and soul mate..I miss you badly. Hope you have a fruitful trip and a good time with your Jap colleagues there...Thanks for your sweet call every night and of coz all ur pics that you taken over there to update me on your visits...see you real soon!!

Father's Day weekend

This Saturday and Sunday, CHC has prepared a special weekend for all fathers. There will be a stage drama. I am always excited when our church has prepared drama for us. The drama that I have been enjoying most, were those in "Making Marriage Work" and "Different between Men & Women". Our drama production has been getting more and more professional (glory to glory). Personally, I felt blessed by all the msg(s). Incorporating the drama itself, it adds more 'spices' and really brings out the true meaning behind God's love on earth to all His people.

Our own JE zone has prepared a platform for all fathers to perform their talents too!! The event info are as follow:

Venue: Roland Seafood Restaurant

Time: 1.15pm

Date: 21st June 09

If you have father that is talented and interested to showcase his talents, you can just add your comments in this blog. Provide me contact number, and your name.

Beauty and Health Workshop with Bryan Lao Shi (Teacher) + Dinner at V&A Love hut

This week, our zone had prepared a men and a women's workshop, I only managed to help prepare the brochure for the men's workshop, Annie prepared the brochure for the women's workshop.

I attended the workshop together with Kate. She was asked to go on stage to have a life trial of the aromatherapy (Face steaming). We were quite fascinated by a few drops of herbal/flower oil that bring tremendous aid in our health and beauty. Bryan presented clearly on his findings and research and he was very confident in his sharing with us.

Kate and Linn on stage

Bryan showing us how to do 'Kua Sa' when u have bloated stomach or backache. This lady has little small purple spots after the session, denoted that her toxin level in her body was not so serious.

Bryan has his own blog also: http://www.bryanomhealth.blogspot.com/

His blog is quite comprehensive. His knowledge on aromatherapy is quite substantial, I would say. I have yet to explore on his blog, I believe his blog is very informative and very well written. I can see, he placed all his hearts in the things he is doing. Dedicated to his job.

Dinner at V&A Love Hut

I was reading my pal's blog around 4.48pm (16th June - Tuesday) a moment ago, she wrote about selecting a Bday card for her ex-colleague and how she appreciated her gesture in returning a thank you msg to her and suddenly... *Gosh*...I almost forgot to blog about my dinner at my Bro & sis in law's place, as i truely appreciated their effort in cooking us the dinner last Sun.

Last Sun, after church service, got a buzz from hubby, asking me whether I was available for dinner at V&A place. After the celebrity service, I then rushed to the women's workshop to help up with the setting up, and without thinking, I replied, "Okay, we will have dinner at their place". You must be thinking, why do I need to think before replying, for a dinner invitation. Well, even we are living just up-down stairs with V&A, we really seldom have meals together. We are very busy and pretty occupied with our own lives, I think. I was thinking of getting them something, as they invited us for the dinner. Hubby and I left church almost around 4pm. Both of us went back home and had our warm shower and "BOOM"! we were on our bed ZzZzing. Later that we noticed, that the minute we woke up, was around 7.29pm.....arrgghh....panic!! Did not have time also to get them anything. We are supposed to be there at 7.30pm..."Phewww" they are just staying upstairs...hehe...well...I felt quite bad for not getting anything. Well, we will definitely make a quick invite back for dinner....but maybe in July, hubby will be away soon till end of the month :(

Addy cooked a simple but yet the dishes that she prepared were filled with love and warmth. I personally felt that she puts in good effort in the preparation. We had fried ginger chicken with button mushroom, steamed tou fu with stirred fried mince pork and also vege. Love the former mentioned dish the most. Due to stirred fried ginger....it must be the ginger!! The gravy was very good for my plain white rice...hmm....steam tou fu......I like the minced pork on top of the tou fu!! yummy...with lotsa pepper i think. Vege - Cai xin....prepared by Vince...."If YAN can COOK, So can Vince!!" We then had a time of Wii together. It was my first time playing Wii, as all the while, I am playing PS3 with hubby. He and his 'Mo Mo' (monster) game, scarry. We played the olympic Wii game. The Wii games' graphics are more cartoonised and colourful...and they have lotsa cute characters. The version of olympic we played- the mario +friends version. Quite fun!! I was entertained with Wii games. Maybe can get a Wii in future. Wii has alot of no brainier games, which i think suit me more..ahaha...We went home around 10pm, and straight back to our "wonder" land....

That was my S-U-N-D-A-Y.....last week.

The celebrity Weekend

Yesterday, we had our first time ever celebrity weekend. FIR, Wil Liu, Vanness Wu, MILK, Ocean, Miss Indonesia 2008 (Sandra Angelia), Jacelyn Tay (Mediacorp artiste) + many more, were there to perform in our church service. It was really a great event, it was an opportunity to hear them sharing about their life testimonies. All of them are so on fire for God, and I am really amazed and deeply impacted by their sharing. The things they had gone through, and by the grace of God, they have came to where they are today. It was really not easy for a normal celebrity to pull through. But indeed is really through the power of God that had helped them to stand up again from where they fell.

Only 2 pictures I took from this event, as all the while, I have been concentrating in watching their performance and listening to their sharing.

A night at Carlton Hotel

I received a late late call from mum on Friday night after my Part 3, Song of Solomon. Mum told me that dad decided that he want to have dinner at Carlton Hotel on Saturday evening. We thought of Adrian. He works in Carlton Hotel since his graduation from Shatec. Without any hesitation, I gave him a call close to midnight. "Hello....hey...how's your life!!" Adrian sounds as cheerful always whenever I call him. I told him our plan to have dinner with him, since Steve is back from Melbourne. We have not have dinner with him for ages...!!

We went into Carlton Hotel. It is a very unique but yet a little "Vintage" feel. I have been hearing from ppl saying that the food that Carlton has been serving are fantastic. I had gotten a few good comments in the forum too about their chinese restaurant. It was our first time to have our family gathering there.

Carlton gave me a very neat and clean feeling. I like most: the way they serve their salads...I like their salad the most. This month is their Durian Buffet. According to them, this is requested back by popular demand.

Return to Durian Paradise

Durian Buffet Dinner June 2009

$45 per adult $23 per child (5 - 12 yrs)

Durian Dessert Buffet June 2009 (8pm - 10pm)

$18 per adult $13 per child (5 - 12 yrs)

(Not inclusive of freshly shucked durians)

The heavenly King of Fruits seals its reign with the return of Café Vic's ever-popular Durian Buffet Dinner. Don't forget to leave room for the main highlight: aromatic freshly shucked durians!

I don't really take durian, but I tried a few of the Durian delicacies. The durian taste good!! Thumbs Up...I am no longer a durian person. I used to love durian when I was younger. Now, I do not crave for any. I am still okay with the fragrance, but not eating them.

Carlton's Salad Bar!

The Durian paste.

They have this al-fresco area outside the hotel for durian feast. You can eat as much as you can. (Buffet!!!)

Thanks Adrian, for your company. We know that you are busy, and even with the off-day, is also quite difficult for you to meet us. Hoping that we can meet you up more often. You are very part of our family. Granny was very happy to see you that day. Seeing you being so cheerful and happy working there, really warmed our hearts. You seems to have a lot of favor from your colleagues. You must have a very good working relationship with all of them. I believe you brought light into their life there. Your smile is contagious...Keep on keeping on brother....Love you...Keep in touch ya??